Parasitic Contamination of Commonly Consumed Fresh Leafy Vegetables in Benha, Egypt

Table 3

Number and percentage of contaminated samples with intestinal parasites in different seasons in the examined fresh leafy vegetables.

Vegetable		Spring (130)		Summer (155)		Autumn (115)		Winter (130)		𝜒^2 test	𝑃 value
		Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Lettuce	+ve	9	36.0	19	70.4	12	57.1	6	21.4	15.33	0.001*
Watercress	+ve	13	40.6	23	69.7	8	30.8	4	16.0	18.76	0.001*
Parsley	+ve	8	34.8	17	51.5	7	33.3	3	12.0	9.87	0.019*
Green onion	+ve	3	11.1	9	30.0	4	19.1	1	4.0	7.47	0.058
Leek	+ve	2	8.7	8	25.0	1	3.9	0	0.0	11.94	0.007*
Total	+ve	35	26.9	76	49.0	32	27.8	14	10.8	50.81	0.001 *
Test		12.14		22.38		17.7		8.5
𝑃 value		0.016*		0.001*		0.001*		0.075

+ve: number of contaminated samples with intestinal parasites/season, −ve: number of noncontaminated samples with intestinal parasites/season, and %: percentage of contaminated samples with intestinal parasites for each type of green vegetable/season.
*significant difference between examined vegetable groups in different seasons, Rows or horizontal: the same vegetable type difference in different seasons, Columns or vertical: difference between different vegetables in the same season.